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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Persons | no. | 4,559 | 4,672 | 4,775 | 4,870 | 4,949 |
| Males | no. | 2,358 | 2,414 | 2,472 | 2,518 | 2,551 |
| Females | no. | 2,201 | 2,258 | 2,303 | 2,352 | 2,398 |
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| Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.9 | 22.5 | 22.4 | 21.6 | 21.0 |
| Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.7 |
| Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
| Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.3 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 13.0 |
| Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 17.2 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 16.2 |
| Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 15.2 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
| Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.8 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 9.8 |
| Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
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| Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.3 |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population | % | na | 13.4 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.5 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.6 | na | na | na |
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| Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.8 | na | na | na |
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| Households | no. | na | 1,637 | na | na | na |
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| Total families | no. | na | 1,282 | na | na | na |
| Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 418 | na | na | na |
| One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 137 | na | na | na |
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| Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Inner regional | % | na | 36.7 | na | na | na |
| Outer regional | % | na | 63.3 | na | na | na |
| Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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| Births | no. | 43 | 60 | 58 | 51 | 57 |
| Crude birth rate | rate | 9.4 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 10.4 | 11.5 |
| Deaths | no. | 14 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 25 |
| Crude death rate | rate | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 5.0 |
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